Should

Definition: Should

Should

Verb

1. Be expected to: "Parties should be fun".

2. Expresses an emotional, practical, or other reason for doing something: "You had better put on warm clothes"; "You should call your mother-in-law"; "The State ought to repair the bridges".

3. Be logically necessary.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "should" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Law

Tips from 1870

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Should

Deception

Phrase: "keep the word of promise to the ear and break it to the hope"; fronti nulla fides; "ah that deceit should steal such gentle shapes"; "a quicksand of deceit"; decipimur specie recti; falsi crimen; fraus est celare fraudem; lupus in fabula; "so smooth, he daubed his vice with show of virtue".

Disinterestedness

Verb: be disinterested; Adjective: make a sacrifice, lay one's head on the block; put oneself in the place of others, do as one would be done by, do unto others as we would men should do unto us.

Drunkenness

Phrase: nunc est bibendum; "Bacchus ever fair and young"; "drink down all unkindness"; "O that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains".

Impurity

Unchaste, light, wanton, licentious, debauched, dissolute; of loose character, of easy virtue; frail, gay, riggish, incontinent, meretricious, rakish, gallant, dissipated; no better than she should be; on the town, on the streets, on the pave, on the loose.

Right

Noun: right; what ought to be, what should be; fitness; Adjective: summum jus.

Legitimate, justifiable, rightful; as it should be, as it ought to be; lawful; (permitted), (legal).

Wrong

Noun: wrong; what ought not to be, what should not be; malum in se; unreasonableness, grievance; shame.

Crosswords: Should

Oz what should I do now (American Pie 2; writing credit: Adam Herz; David H. Steinberg)

What you should be thinking is, what would Harry Rex do (A Time to Kill; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

Somebody should just put him out of his misery (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball)

You know, one of those manure spreaders jackknifed on the Santa Ana. God-awful mess! You should see my shoes (Fletch; writing credit: Andrew Bergman)

Once you remove Mr. Bonds heart, there should just be enough time for him to watch it stop beating (Tomorrow Never Dies; writing credit: Bruce Feirstein)

The consequence should be (The Dean And I; performing artist: 10CC)

When you should turn and walk away (Caught Up in You; performing artist: 38 Special)

I realized quickly when I knew I should (What's up; performing artist: 4 Non Blondes)

I said, baby, I should have known by now (Because Of You; performing artist: 98 Degrees; writing credit: Anders Bagge, Arntor Birgisson, Christian Karlsson, and Patrick Tucker)

Who should be hurt (We Need A Resolution; performing artist: Aaliyah)

Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Guests should not forget to go home. (references; author: Swedish Proverb)

Prayers should be the key to the day and the lock of night. (references; author: English Proverb)

Do all you should, not all you could. (references; author: unknown)

Should vegetarians eat animal crackers? (references; author: unknown)

Surely Sylvia swims!" shrieked Sammy, surprised. "Someone should show Sylvia some strokes so she shall not sink. (references; author: unknown)

Cedar shingles should be shaved and saved. (references; author: unknown)

I need not your needles, they're needless to me; for kneading of noodles, 'twere needless, you see; but did my neat knickers but need to be kneed, I then should have need of your needles indeed. (references; author: unknown)

If he slipped, should she slip? (references; author: unknown)

If Stu chews shoes, should Stu choose the shoes he chews? (references; author: unknown)

Funny You Should Say That (1972)

Every Home Should Have One (1970)

Funny You Should Ask (1968)

Who Should Be the Commander-in-Chief? (1967)

She Should Have Stayed in Bed (1963)

All The Things I Should Have Known (performing artist: K-Ci & JoJo)

You Should Hear How She Talks About You (performing artist: Melissa Manchester)

Should I Do It (performing artist: The Pointer Sisters)

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Books

• The Candida Control Cookbook: What You Should Know and What You Should Eat to Manage Yeast Infections (reference)

• You Should Turn into a Blintz: The Little Book of Jewish Insights, Barbs and Wiseguy Remarks (reference)

• The Bombing of Auschwitz: Should the Allies Have Attempted It? (reference)

• Canine Nutrition: What Every Owner, Breeder, and Trainer Should Know (reference)

• Run, Baby, Run: What Every Owner, Breeder & Handicapper Should Know About Lasix in Racehorses (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• What Every Veteran Should Know - Supplements (reference)

• What A Foreman Should Know (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Magic Users Club - Should I Do (Vol. 7) (reference)

• Every Girl Should Be Married (reference)

• Should Married Men Go Home? (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• I Should Know Better (reference)

• The Way I Should (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Shown is fish baked with vegetables and herbs. Fish should be baked or steamed instead of fried and potatoes should be served boiled with the skin on instead of as french fries. This was a poster in the "Healthy Eating Tips" series. See artwork: PV-30. Credit: Len Rizzi (photographer).

People involved in trapping and skinning wild carnivores, especially bobcats, should be extremely cautious about exposure to Y. pestis vectors. Credit: CDC.

The siphon, located at the terminal region of the abdomen, should be examined for the occurrence and arrangement of diagnostic hairs and spines. It is through this structure that the larva breaths. Credit: CDC.

Hawaiian monk seal - Monachus schauinslandi. Tagging operations conducted under the auspices of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. Techniques were being developed at this time as this was only the second time that any Hawaiian Monk seals were tagged. Other than for needs of scientific studies, human interaction with protected species should be minimized. Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals).

Davidson Seamount named for George Davidson of the C&GS This feature was the first called a "seamount" Officially named by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names Discovered by GUIDE in 1933 Error - latitude should range from 35 to 36. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

A bull sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) doesn't agree that Coast Surveyors should land on his rock. Waving flare in vain attempting to frighten him off Crew off of Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship PIONEER. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Marking off the planting site, the large square is a quadrant to establish where the plantings should go. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Large stands of Phragmites australis often indicate that salt water flow is restricted in marshes. This non-native grass is beautiful, but salt marshes in the northeastern United States should be comprised of Spartina grasses and other native salt marsh plants. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Figure 63. Van Dorn bottle created by Dr. William G. Van Dorn in 1956. It is questionable whether this should be considered a "modern" instrument given its materials of construction. However, on second thought, it is very similar to modern valve-closing bottles. Left: descending. Right: ascending. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Plate I. Aime apparatus for the study of oceanic wave motion at depth described by Georges Aime in 1845. Aime should be considered as the predecessor of modern oceanography as he designed and created many innovative oceanographic measuring and analysis instruments that were models for those who followed. He was a professor at the University of Algiers. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Inquests of novel disseisin, of mort d'ancestor, and of darrein presentment shall not be held elsewhere than in their own county courts, and that in manner following; We, or, if we should be out of the realm, our chief justiciar, will send two justiciaries through every county four times a year, who shall alone with four knights of the county chosen by the county, hold the said assizes in the county court, on the day and in the place of meeting of that court. (reference)

And why this should not hold in the highest, as well as in the most inferior magistrate, I would gladly be informed. (Second Treatise of Government)

He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them. (reference)

But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President. (reference)

That a case arising under the constitution should be decided without examining the instrument under which it arises? (reference)

It is high time that Communists should openly, in the face of the whole world, publish their views, their aims, their tendencies, and meet this nursery tale of the Spectre of Communism with a Manifesto of the party itself. (reference)

It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. (The Gettysburg Address)

It will be its duty to fix the punishment which it considers should be imposed. (reference)

Here are the title deeds of freedom which should lie in every cottage home. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. (reference)

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I say, Jane, what a perfect character you and I should make, if we could be shaken together

If I or she should chance to be Involved in this affair, He trusts to you to set them free, Exactly as we were

All as they should be.

So much being known, it would appear natural that a part of it should be expressed

It seemed impossible to him that she should not hear his breathing

It was his own name that he should have made fun of if he wanted to make fun.

Withal say that the Queen hath heartily consented He should espouse Elizabeth her daughter

I should of knew that

He offered himself and a friend to accompany me, and that I should be provided with a small convenient barque for the voyage

I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well

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Health

All babies should get the vaccine. (references)

Healthy teeth should be preserved. (references)

Their use should be individualized. (references)

Business

Partnership should be carefully considered. (references)

Hence, this should be considered by foreign firms. (references)

Billiards is one sport that should not be overlooked. (references)

Children

Australia

The High Court ruled that the decision to undertake sterilization procedures should be made by an independent body. (references)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Local education officials excuse such abuses by claiming that minority children should have their own schools and curricula. (references)

Saudi Arabia

Police officials recognize the problem, but they claim that according to Islam, family members should be taking care of such individuals. (references)

Civil Liberties

Finland

Religious groups should have at least 20 members. (references)

Kyrgyz Republic

The media law states that the registration process should require 1 month. (references)

Poland

Under the Act, aliens should receive an answer to their petition within 2 days. (references)

Discrimination

Ethiopia

The law provides that all persons should have equal and effective protection without discrimination on grounds of race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, wealth, birth, or other status. (references)

Economic History

Ecuador

Sales materials should be in Spanish. (references)

Croatia

Croatia's private sector should be targeted. (references)

Human Rights

El Salvador

The appeals court determined that the trial should move to the next phase. (references)

Tunisia

They argued that the executive branch should not be using the justice system for political trials. (references)

Uruguay

Further, should a detainee claim that he has been mistreated, by law the judge must investigate the charge. (references)

Indigenous People

Australia

In July 2000, the U.N. Human Rights Commission stated that Australia should do more to secure for indigenous citizens a stronger role in decisionmaking over their traditional lands and natural resources. (references)

Australia

Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islander Commission (ATSIC) Chairman Geoff Clark asserted that the council should strive for a true reconciliation guaranteed by both formal recognition of indigenous rights and a treaty. (references)

Canada

These legal challenges include one from the Liberal Party that contends that the treaty should have been submitted to a referendum and one from the Gitanyow, an indigenous group located near the Nisga'a, who contend that the treaty awarded more than 85 percent of their traditional tribal lands to the Nisga'a. (references)

Minorities

Kazakhstan

Some ethnic Russians believe that Russian should be designated as a second state language. (references)

Azerbaijan

Local Muslim leaders and government officials were featured, warning such agencies that they should be closed. (references)

France

The annual NCCHR report stated that the Government should continue to strengthen its laws against racist acts. (references)

Political Economy

ALGERIA

The year 2002 should see the end of this monopoly. (references)

BAHRAIN

Their working hours should not exceed six hours per day or on a piecework basis. (references)

NICARAGUA

Nicaragua should receive debt service relief in 2003 through the HIPC initiative. (references)

Political Rights

Kazakhstan

Should Parliament fail to consider within 30 days a bill designated as "urgent" by the President, the President may issue the bill by decree. (references)

Kenya

In 1999 the constitutional reform process stalled, when political parties were unable to agree how seats on the commission should be divided among the parties. (references)

Zimbabwe

In addition the Government denied permission for the visit of a team of election experts from the European Union in September, saying the group should wait until it was invited. (references)

Trade

Argentina

Regular mail should be used. (references)

Israel

The marking should not be blurred. (references)

Argentina

The TAR regime should be used for this purpose. (references)

Travel

Romania

These should be avoided. (references)

Kenya

Mariners should be vigilant. (references)

Peru

Peeled fruits should be safe. (references)

Women

Yemen

Legal provisions regarding violence against women state that an accused man should be put to death for murdering a woman. (references)

Djibouti

After the 1995 U.N. Women's Conference in Cairo, Egypt, the UNFD declared that all forms of mutilation should be forbidden. (references)

India

Islamic law recognizes a woman's right of inheritance but specifies that a daughter's share only should be one-half that of a son. (references)

Worker Rights

Liechtenstein

Instead it states that antiunion discrimination should be avoided. (references)

Trinidad and Tobago

When necessary the conciliation service also determines which unions should have senior status. (references)

Slovenia

External links to other Internet sites should not be construed as an endorsement of the views contained therein. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "should": do unto others as we would men should do unto us ♦ i should go ♦ i should go to see him ♦ i should say! ♦ i should think so! ♦ it is about time we should move ♦ it should be here ♦ it should be noted ♦ should not ♦ should smth. happen to me ♦ should the need arise ♦ should the occasion arise ♦ should the situation arise ♦ we should have meeting ♦ what should be ♦ why should i? ♦ you should ♦ you should do your duty. Additional references.

Beginning with "should": should-be-condemned, should-clauses, should-know, should-read, should-she-leave-him, should-she-love-him.

Ending with "should": hammons-should, residual-should, sh-should.

Afrikaans

moet (have, have to, must, ought, ought to), behoort (be fitting, befit, belong to, have, have to, must, ought, ought to), behoor (be fitting, befit, belong to, have, have to, must, ought, ought to). (various references)

Albanian

do të (shall, will). (various references)

Arabic 

‏وجب أن أراها, ‏وجب (found, have to, lead, must, necessitate, ought, point). (various references)

Bulgarian 

щях (would), ще (shall, will), трябваше, трябва (be obliged to, have, have to, must, need, ought, take, want), бих, би трябвало. (various references)

Catalan

haver de (have to, must, ought to). (various references)

Chinese 

該 (most likely, ought to, owe, that, the above-mentioned, to deserve), 當 (adequate, at or in the very same..., during, equal, fitting, just at, manage, match equally, obstruct, on the spot, ought, proper, replace, represent, right, same, suitable, to act as, to be, to pawn, when, withstand), 應該 (must, ought to), 應當 (ought to), 活該 (deservedly, ought, serve sb. right), 宜 (appropriate, complete, entire, proper, suitable, to be over, to finish, whole), 不足 (cannot, deficiency, inadequate, insufficient, lacking, not enough, not worth), 如果 (IF). (various references)

Czech

mìl bych (ought). (various references)

Danish

skulle (go, have to, must, ought to, shall, will), måtte (have to, must, ought to). (various references)

Dutch

moeten (are supposed to, have to, must, need, need to, ought to, require), horen (be fitting, befit, find out, have to, hear, learn of, must, ought to), dienen (have to, must, ought to, serve), behoren (be fitting, befit, belong to, have to, must, ought to). (various references)

Esperanto

devi (have to, must, ought to). (various references)

Faeroese

skula (have to, must, ought to), noyðast (have to, must, ought to). (various references)

Farsi 

زمان ماضی واسم مفعول فعل معینllahs . (various references)

Finnish

täytyä (be obliged to, have to, must, ought to), pitäisi (ought to), jonkun tulisi (ought to), jonkin tulisi (ought to). (various references)

French

devoir. (various references)

German

sollte (ought), sollten, sollen (be meant to, be supposed to, be to, have to, must, ought, ought to, shall). (various references)

Greek 

αόρ. του shall, θα έπρεπε (ought to), θα πρέπει (ought). (various references)

Hebrew 

להיות צריך (have to, must, need, ought), חיב (bound, indebted, must, owing, supposed). (various references)

Hungarian

muszáj (got to, have got to, have to, have to do sg, must, ought, ought to), kellene (ought, supposed to), kell (got to, have got to, have to, must, ought, ought to, to need, to require), kötelezô (have to, must, ought to). (various references)

Icelandic

eigið. (various references)

Indonesian

mesti (have to, must, ought to), bisa (be able, can, poison). (various references)

Italian

fare (achieve, act, be, build, carry out, construct, do, execute, fashion, get, go in for, have, kind, make, manner, perform, produce, put in, shall, sort, species, to do, to make, type), dovere (be bound to, be compelled to, be due, be forced to, be to, charge, duty, feel bound to, have to, must, need, obligation, office, ought, ought to, owe, shall, take). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

ねじ伏せる (contents, joke material, material, must, ought to, persistent, proof, sticky, to have to do, to hold down, to twist one's arm, topping of nigiri sushi), へぼ医者 (all over, being sticky, bloody fool!, blunder, bungle, chattering, clinging, closely, empty, frivolous, gaffe, gooey, hard, hungry, messy, must, non-stop talking, prattling, quack doctor, shall, speaking indiscreetly, squished flat, sticky, thickly, to commit a blunder). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ねばならぬ (must, ought to, to have to do), べし (must, shall), べき (must). (various references)

Korean 

만일. (various references)

Papiamen

mester (have to, must, need, ought to, require). (various references)

Pig Latin

ouldshay.(various references)

Polish

musieć (have to, must, ought to). (various references)

Portuguese

se (each other, failing, himself, if, in case that, itself, oneself, provided that, so, supposing, themselves, whether, yourself), terque (have to, ought to), terde (have to, ought to), teraobrigação (have to, ought to), devia, deve-se (one must), deveria (one should), dever (be obliged, charge, debt, devoir, duty, have to, must, obligation, office, onus, ought, ought to, owe, place, shall, thank, trust, would), deve (debit, one must, one should). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

deve-se (one must), deve (must, one must, one should). (various references)

Quechua

tinkunancheq (we should meet), risuchun (it should all go well for you), rinay (should I go), rina (let's go, we should go). (various references)

Romanian

sã (for, if, let's, to), trecut de la shall. (various references)

Russian 

должен (had to, has to, have had to, have to, must, ought, ought to, owes, will need to). (various references)

Scottish

mach (outside, should be used only with v. of, without), gar (although he should, although not : gar an till e, although: *ga-ro. For ga, near, va. warm at a fire, warm), chìtheadh (va.irr. would or should see), bhitheadh (sv.irr. would or should be). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

proš. vreme od shall, modalni glagol. (various references)

Sotho

se (already, do not, should not, very). (various references)

Spanish

tener que (have to, must, ought to, shall). (various references)

Sranan

musu (have to, must, ought to). (various references)

Swedish

skulle (could, loft, might, ought, would), borde (ought), böra (behoove, behove, have to, must, ought, ought to). (various references)

Tagalog

dapat. (various references)

Tswana

tsamaye (go, should go). (various references)

Turkish

olursa (in the event of), -meliydi, -meli (must, ought, shall), -malıydı, -malı (must, ought, shall), ise (if). (various references)

Ukrainian

слід (behove, footmark, footprint, footstep, imprint, ought, print, relic, remnant, scent, spoor, trace, track, trail, tread, wake), повинен (must, shall). (various references)

Welsh

dylu (ought, owe). (various references)

Wolof

wara. (various references)

Xhosa

kufanele (We should). (various references)

Zulu

-fanele (have to, must, ought to). (various references)

debeam, debeamus, debeant, debeas, debeat, debeatis, debebantur, debebat, debebatis, debebunt, debemus, debent, debenti, debentur, debeo, debere, deberent, deberet, deberetis, debes, debet, debetis, debetur, debita, debitam, debitos, debitum, debueras, debuerat, debueratis, debuere, debueritis, debui, debuimus, debuisti, debuit. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "should": shoulder, shouldered, shouldering, shoulders, shouldest, shouldst. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Should" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: chould, esholt, hould, isould, scould, shaul, Shaula, shauls, shgould, Shiluk, shold, shopuld, shoud, shoul, shouldd, shoulde, shouldn, shouldny, shoulds, shoule, shoult, Shoultz, shoyu, shul, shuld, skould, sould, soult, whould. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: holds.

-2 letters: dols, duos, hods, hold, hols, loud, lush, olds, ouds, shod, shul, sold, soul, udos.

-3 letters: dol, dos, duh, duo, hod, ods, ohs, old, oud, sod, sol, sou, udo.

-4 letters: do, ho, lo, od, oh, os, sh, so, uh, us.

+1 letter: holdups, loudish, upholds.

+2 letters: holdouts, hoodlums, houseled, mudholes, shoulder, shouldst, slouched, sloughed.

+3 letters: dishclout, dollhouse, downhauls, elkhounds, hideously, household, houselled, lustihood, shoulders, shouldest, southland, upholders.

+4 letters: adulthoods, chondrules, dishclouts, dollhouses, flourished, hellhounds, hierodules, hoodlumish, hoodlumism, households, loudmouths, lustihoods, outblushed, outhustled, outlandish, shouldered, southlands, unhouseled, unpolished, unschooled, wolfhounds.

+5 letters: audiophiles, bloodhounds, copublished, diadelphous, hazardously, hoodlumisms, householder, shouldering, silhouetted, sleuthhound, upholstered.